Egr3 induces a Th17 response by promoting the development of γδ T cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Parkinson, Rose M ^a   Collins, Samuel L ^b   Horton, Maureen R ^b   Powell, Jonathan D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 3; INTERLEUKIN 17; BLEOMYCIN; EGR3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GAMMA DELTA T LYMPHOCYTE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPLEEN CELL; TH17 CELL; THYMOCYTE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; SECRETION (PROCESS); SPLEEN; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; BLEOMYCIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 3; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERLEUKIN-17; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PNEUMONIA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; SPLEEN; TH17 CELLS; THYMOCYTES; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84899808513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087265     Document Type: Article

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